Lot 2
AGEE, James. A Death in the Family. FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE.
Sale 1242 - Fine Books from the Dorros Family Collection
Nov 9, 2023
10:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
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Lot Description
AGEE, James (1909-1955). A Death in the Family. New York: McDowell, Obolensky, 1957.
8vo. Original blue cloth (light fading to spine); dust jacket (small closed tear).
FIRST EDITION, FIRST ISSUE, with title page printed in blue and first word on page 80 misprinted “walking.” Death in the Family won Agee a posthumous Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1958.
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